A brick is a streetwear item or shoe that doesn't sell well in a secondary market ( ex stock x , eBay etc) . A brick usually sells close to retail or under retail price . A term used mostly by resellers who buy supreme or Nike/Jordan shoes.
by Suptalk99 December 20, 2020
In agreement with the first poster to this term, bricking is commonly used in the electronics industry by software developers when updating a piece of hardware with a software update that renders the hardware useless after the update.
Examples of bricking:
I just updated the set top box and I bricked it.
I just got my itouch/iphone can't wait to jailbreak it. (a few hours later) "Oh Sh*t I just bricked it!"
I just updated the set top box and I bricked it.
I just got my itouch/iphone can't wait to jailbreak it. (a few hours later) "Oh Sh*t I just bricked it!"
by ricbax May 17, 2009
a pound or kilogram of any drug (item requires clarification from speaker as to the amount intended)
by The Butcher of Raleigh June 20, 2003
To render your computer useless, as useless as a brick.
Usually the result of tampering with the insides and doing irreversible damage. Bricking your hardware leaves you with a new paperweight. Can be the end effect of a faulty flash or firmware update, a modification (mod) gone bad or being struck by lighting, to name a few.
Usually the result of tampering with the insides and doing irreversible damage. Bricking your hardware leaves you with a new paperweight. Can be the end effect of a faulty flash or firmware update, a modification (mod) gone bad or being struck by lighting, to name a few.
He managed to get his new iMac bricked while trying to boot WinXP on it.
I tried to change graphics cards while my computer was running but I only managed to get my machine bricked.
I tried to change graphics cards while my computer was running but I only managed to get my machine bricked.
by remmelt January 24, 2006
(Marty called Randolph)
Marty: Yo I haven't seen you in a brick, wanna chill?
Randolph: Yeah sure.
"Yo man this uber is taking a brick to get here"
Marty: Yo I haven't seen you in a brick, wanna chill?
Randolph: Yeah sure.
"Yo man this uber is taking a brick to get here"
by Cheddar Cheese Clan (C.C.C) May 26, 2015
Derived from "On the bricktop"~ Prison slang for back on the street, or more accurately in this case, the sidewalk.
by Vitriolic X January 7, 2011
by VAKI5 September 14, 2003